Our First Misadventure

Today we woke up with intention of trucking out to Valley Forge and back. The Schuylkill River trail runs all the way out of the city, through Manayunk on to Valley Forge National Park. It looks like a nice little ride– about 22 miles each way. After last weekend’s successful trip to Camden we were pumped and ready for a challenge. After checking the weather to make sure it wasn’t going to snow we bundled up, packed a lunch and headed out.

I was enjoying the *crisp* breeze on my face as we headed out along Chestnut Street to the start of the trail. We were both excited to see that the trail was completely empty so we could ride side by side. As we cruised down the hill leading to the Art Museum it suddenly struck me– it is 15 degrees outside. I was freezing. Feeling like a big wuss I told Pat we had to go back home, I simply could not ride 42 more miles without my fingers falling off. I like my fingers.

We’ve spent the rest of the day sipping hot tea, working on various projects and playing Mass Effect 2 (okay, that one is all Patrick). So we’ll file today’s attempt at cycling to Valley Forge under “Misadventure” and carry on. Here’s to a hopefully toasty February!